Manteca Police's blue brigade of volunteers - the men and women of the Seniors Helping Area Residents and Police - are widely credited with helping free up police manpower to focus on more pressing crime needs.

The tax measure to spend $25.3 million to replace aging portable classrooms at Colony Oak and Weston schools in Ripon Unified wasapproved in last week's election by a comfortable margin after the counting of additional mail-in ballots.

Back-to-back fund raisers are planned this week in support of a family whose 9-year-old daughter Destiny Herrera is being treated as an outpatient for bone cancer with chemotherapy and radiation at the Oakhurst Children's Hospital.

RIPON – The Ripon Police Department is hosting a community meeting tonight at 7 p.m. to discuss concerns or issues that may be occurring within Ripon neighborhoods. The meeting will be held at the Ripon Police Department, 259 N. Wilma Ave.